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[1. Mayor requests ROLL CALL by Clerk of Council for Planning Commission and Town Council]
SO, I'M GONNA CALL TO ORDER THIS SPECIAL TOWN COUNCIL JOINT MEETING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR MONDAY, MAY 22ND.UM, MS. PRESLEY, UH, CAN I GET A ROLL CALL FOR BOTH COUNSEL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION? CHAIRMAN MERCHANT HERE.
[2. JOINT PUBLIC HEARING – Dynamic Life Ministries, Inc. A request for a Special Use Permit for a Cemetery located at 1600 John Marshall Highway]
YOU.SO, UM, BEFORE WE OPEN OUR PUBLIC HEARING, UH, I'M GONNA ASK MS. KAKI IF SHE COULD COME UP AND JUST GIVE US A REAL QUICK SUMMARY.
UM, I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE, BUT IT'S, IT'S GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT.
SO THE APPLICANT, DYNAMIC LIFE MINISTRIES LLC, HAS SUBMITTED A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE CREATION OF A 10 FOOT BY 10 FOOT CEMETERY LOCATED AT 1600.
UH, STAFF, INCLUDING PUBLIC WORKS, HAS REVIEWED THE APPLICATION.
IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH, UH, 1 75 1 0 7 0.4 OF THE TOWN CODE, AND IT DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH ANY PUBLIC UTILITIES.
SO I CAN TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
DOES COMMISSION OR COUNCIL QUESTION? THE FIRST STAFF? GOOD.
Y'ALL WE'RE GOOD? I, OH, TANYA MICHAEL.
BUT I WANNA, UH, I WANNA SAY I'M, I'M, I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT WE WE'RE MOVING THIS THING ALONG.
THANK, SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, WE USUALLY ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK.
HUH? I CUT MINE OFF, BUT, UM, WE'LL LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK AND THEN IF ANY MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, DO YOU MIND? OKAY.
I FEEL LIKE YOU'VE HAD TO DO THIS MORE THAN ONCE, BUT MY NAME IS LV ROGERS.
DO I GIVE MY ADDRESS? IT DOESN'T MATTER.
UH, AND JUST ON BEHALF OF OUR FAMILY AND ON BEHALF OF OUR CHURCH, OUR MINISTRY, WE JUST WANTED TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE, UM, WORKED SO HARD TO EXPEDITE THIS AND, UH, HA CALL THESE SPECIAL MEETINGS.
UH, IT'S TRULY MEANT A LOT TO US AND WE APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS.
AND SO WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THIS, UH, BE APPROVED, UM, SO THAT WE CAN LAY MY HUSBAND TO REST.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, RESPONDERS? NO.
THANK, WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SO READY.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, SECTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT JUST A FEW THINGS, AND OF COURSE YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE.
UH, IT'S NICE SEEING EVERYONE AGAIN.
UM, ALL THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP OTHER THAN THE APPLICANT.
UM, PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.
UH, PLEASE DIRECT ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS TO EITHER THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR THE TOWN COUNCIL.
UH, DO NOT ADDRESS THE APPLICANT, UH, STAFF OR OTHER SPEAKERS.
UH, COMMENTS MUST BE CONFINED TO MATTERS GERMANE TO THE PROPOSED LAND USE APPLICATION THAT IS PRESENTED BEFORE US TONIGHT.
UH, POLITICAL OR PERSONAL ATTACKS ARE NOT ALLOWED.
UM, THIS IS ALSO NOT A QUESTION AND ANSWERS SESSION.
A SPECIAL USE REQUEST IS USED TO DETERMINE IF THE PROPOSED USE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR OPINION ON THAT MATTER.
UH, AND OF COURSE, WHEN TAKING THE PODIUM, UH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, MS. PRESLEY, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? OKAY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT, THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT, AT THIS TIME ON THIS FOR A, UH, COMMENTS ON THE PUBLIC HEARING? SECOND CALL FOR ANY SPEAKERS.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SESSION.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? ARE THE APPLICANT BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION? NO QUESTIONS.
UH, CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD MOVE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A
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REQUEST FROM DYNAMIC LIFE MINISTRIES FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 23 0 0 2 79 FOR A 10 FOOT BY 10 FOOT CEMETERY LOCATED AS 1600 JOHN MARSHALL HIGHWAY AND IDENTIFIED BY TAX MAP 20 A TWO DASH ZERO TWO DASH EIGHT.WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, MS. PRESLEY, COULD, UH, COULD YOU ROLL CALL THE PLAINTIFF COMMISSION PLEASE? DID YOU NEED ANY DISCUSSION? YOU CAN IF YOU WISH.
THEN JUST, JUST DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
ABSENT, UH, THE MOTION CARRIES NORMALLY AT THIS TIME, I WILL SAY WE WOULD FORWARD THAT TO COUNSEL, BUT SINCE THEY'RE ALREADY HERE, UH, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT TONIGHT.
AND SINCE WE DON'T NEED TO HOLD A PUB, WE DON'T, THIS WAS A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, UH, ALL THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN HEARD FROM.
AND SO, UM, I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP TO COUNSEL.
MADAME MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE A REQUEST FROM DYNAMIC LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.
FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT 2 3 0 2 79 FOR A 10 BY 10 CEMETERY, LOCATED AT 1600 JOHN MARSHALL HIGHWAY AND IDENTIFIED BY TAX MAP 20 A TWO DASH ZERO TWO DASH EIGHT SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND.
AND SO, UM, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO DISCUSSION THIS COUNCIL HAVE ANY, UM, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I KNOW WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF THAT WHEN MS. ROGERS, UM, SPOKE, BUT DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANNA ADD? I'LL JUST, AGAIN, COMMEND STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT THEY PUT INTO THIS.
I KNOW THE, THE ROGERS FAMILY, UM, AND THE DYNAMIC LIFE FAMILY HAVE BEEN VERY PATIENT WITH US WHILE WE'VE TRIED TO NAVIGATE THIS.
UM, THANK YOU TO GEORGE AND WARREN AND JOE FOR EXPEDITING THIS PROCESS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND THANK YOU TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR BEING WILLING TO COME HERE TONIGHT FOR HAVING THE SPECIAL MEETING.
DO I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
AS I'VE HEARD MANY PEOPLE SAY MANY TIMES, THE WHEELS OF GOVERNMENT ARE SLOW.
SO, MS. PRESLEY, CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL? COUNCILWOMAN AMENDA.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR PLANNING COMMISSION TO ADJOURN.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AND PLANNING COMMISSION OF ADJOINING THE MEETING SIGNIFIED BY SAYING AYE.
PLAN, COMMISSION PORTION IS ADJOURNED.
AND THE TOWN COUNCIL PORTION IS ADJOURNED.